Mastery of core subjects and 21st century themes is essential for students in the 21st century. Core subjects include English, reading or language arts, world languages, arts, mathematics, economics, science, geography, history, government and civics. We believe schools must move beyond a focus on basic competency in core subjects to promoting understanding of academic content at much higher levels by weaving 21st century interdisciplinary themes into core subjects:
Global Awareness
Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
Civic Literacy
Health Literacy
Lesson Ideas
Videoconferencing
Virtual Field Trips
Service Learning - cradles to crayons, OLPC, lemonade stand
ePals
Research on cultures
Multiple types of presentation
Support and Instruction on the technology (we need to know how to use it)
Auctions and Student Stores
Create Your Own Business
Government Education
School Elections
Search for Famous Speeches
Give Photos a voice with Blabberize and VoiceThread
Learning and innovation skills are what separate students who are prepared for increasinglycomplex life and work environments in the 21st century and those who are not. They include:
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
Lesson Ideas
Mini movie trailer on conflict
Celebrity Interview Podcasts
Travel Brochures with multimedia resources
Self-directed project on a theme from literature
Physics project - build a product
Business Plan and a commercial / website to sell a product or service
People in the 21st century live in a technology and media-driven environment, marked by access to an abundance of information, rapid changes in technology tools and the ability to collaborate and make individual contributions on an unprecedented scale. To be effective in the 21st century, citizens and workers must be able to exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills, such as:
Information Literacy
Media Literacy
ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) Literacy
Today’s life and work environments require far more than thinking skills and content knowledge. The ability to navigate the complex life and work environments in the globally competitive information age requires students to pay rigorous attention to developing adequate life and career skills, such as:
Flexibility and Adaptability
Initiative and Self-Direction
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills
Productivity and Accountability
Leadership and Responsibility
Lesson Ideas
Life and Career Skills
Cyber safety lessons
assigning roles
proper netiquette
proper use
keeping parents informed
Flexibility and Adaptability
Use of Web Quests
sharing jobs Working on global collaboration projects
Table of Contents
Chris Champion
Mike Baker
What are 21st Century Skills? How can you meet your school's curriculum goals
and also give your students skills they'll need for the future?
From http://www.21stCenturySkills.org/:
Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes
Mastery of core subjects and 21st century themes is essential for students in the 21st century. Core subjects include English, reading or language arts, world languages, arts, mathematics, economics, science, geography, history, government and civics. We believe schools must move beyond a focus on basic competency in core subjects to promoting understanding of academic content at much higher levels by weaving 21st century interdisciplinary themes into core subjects:
Lesson Ideas
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Learning and Innovation Skills
Learning and innovation skills are what separate students who are prepared for increasinglycomplex life and work environments in the 21st century and those who are not. They include:
Lesson Ideas
.
Information, Media and Technology Skills
People in the 21st century live in a technology and media-driven environment, marked by access to an abundance of information, rapid changes in technology tools and the ability to collaborate and make individual contributions on an unprecedented scale. To be effective in the 21st century, citizens and workers must be able to exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills, such as:
Lesson Ideas
.
Life and Career Skills
Today’s life and work environments require far more than thinking skills and content knowledge. The ability to navigate the complex life and work environments in the globally competitive information age requires students to pay rigorous attention to developing adequate life and career skills, such as:
Lesson Ideas
Life and Career Skills- Cyber safety lessons
- assigning roles
- proper netiquette
- proper use
- keeping parents informed
Flexibility and Adaptability- Use of Web Quests
- sharing jobs Working on global collaboration projects
- time constraints
- staying on task
- Working cooperatively within various groups
- Webkins
- Virtual tours
- Video conferencing
- Webinars
Initiative and Self-Direction- Choices of projects
- choosing presentation method to share knowledge
- Use of Web Quests
- Cafe Press - design your own project and sell it
Social and Cross-Cultural Skills- Celebrations for various events (Cinco de Mayo, Xmas...)
- using collaboration with students from other countries
- Working on global collaboration projects via email (epals ) or skype
- Virtual tours
- Twitter
Productivity and Accountability Leadership and Responsibility- Self reflection on group/ self assignments
- recognizing others' strengths and differences
- building strengths and working creatively/ positively
- Sharing Responsibility
- Voice threads
- working together
- Glogster
ProjectsMore Information:
Kristin Hokanson's 21st Century Classroom wiki page